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US 11,248,273 B2Granted
Hide customization systems and methods
AssigneeNational Beef Packing Company, LLC
InventorsRobert Horst Hein, Kenneth Graham Press
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Abstract
Methods and systems for customizing hides are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a tanning control system that improves profitability and customer satisfaction by facilitating the customization of hides according to customer orders. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the tanning control system to improve efficiency and responsiveness by producing packages of hides that exactly match customer orders. Additionally, one or more embodiments enhance the traceability of hides by capturing data related to the customization of hides.
Claims20
A method of customizing hides comprising:
- accessing, from customer data storage of a tanning control system, electronic information corresponding to a first customer order and electronic information corresponding to a second customer order;
- determining, using a customer order manager of the tanning control system, that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determining, using a hide manager of the tanning control system, that a group of hides corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- processing, using a customization manager of the tanning control system, a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification indicated by the first customer order by providing a first specification communication to a customization controller of a customized processing system;
- processing, using the customization manager of the tanning control system, a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification indicated by the second customer order by providing a second specification communication to the customization controller of the customized processing system;
- and
- wherein the customized processing system comprises at least one of the following:
- a wetting drum, a wringing device, a splitting device, a trimming device, or a folding device.
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A method of customizing hides comprising:
- accessing, from customer data storage of a tanning control system, electronic information corresponding to a first customer order and electronic information corresponding to a second customer order;
- determining, using a customer order manager of the tanning control system, that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determining, using a hide manager of the tanning control system, that a group of hides located at a first location corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- transporting, using a routing manager of the tanning control system, the group of hides from the first location to a second location;
- processing, at the second location and using a customization manager of the tanning control system, a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification indicated by the first customer order by providing a first specification communication to a customization controller of a customized processing system;
- processing, at the second location and using the customization manager of the tanning control system, a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification indicated by the second customer order by providing a second specification communication to the customization controller of the customized processing system;
- and
- wherein the customized processing system comprises at least one of the following:
- a wetting drum, a wringing device, a splitting device, a trimming device, or a folding device.
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A customized processing system comprising:
- one or more computing devices;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the system to:
- access, from customer data storage of a tanning control system, electronic information corresponding to a first customer order and electronic information corresponding to a second customer order;
- determine, using a customer order manager of the tanning control system, that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determine, using a hide manager of the tanning control system, that a group of hides corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- process, using a customization manager of the tanning control system, a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification indicated by the first customer order by providing a first specification communication to a customization controller of the customized processing system;
- process, using the customization manager of the tanning control system, a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification indicated by the second customer order by providing a second specification communication to the customization controller of the customized processing system;
- and
- wherein the customized processing system further comprises at least one of the following:
- a wetting drum, a wringing device, a splitting device, a trimming device, or a folding device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.